Today we’re giving out another Large pizza (any toppings) from Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria, and the rules for entry are the same as usual. Answer a question in the comments and you’re entered to win. Earlier today I notified Sunset Boy that he won for answering our question about when (or if) you started believing in Colin Kaepernick.

The question today is this:

Who is your favorite football announcer?

Really threw a curveball with that one, huh? Bet you never could’ve guessed that was coming.

For your answers, you can name anyone you like. Radio broadcasters or TV announcers. Play-by-play or color. Active or retired. Who is the one person who, if you had one football game to watch and/or listen to in your life, you’d want calling the action?

Just one thing: any of you who name Joe Theismann (another Notre Dame guy) will be disqualified from winning a free pizza now and forever. He’s awful, and you cannot convince me otherwise.

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Don Kline comes to mind. And so does Bill King (especially those Kansas City-Raider matchups).
Ken Korach carried his own doing SJSU football in the 1980s.
At the national level, Pat Summerall, Ray Scott, and Curt Gowdy doing the Rose Bowl was always entertaining.

Though I've never heard him call or color comment on a game while it's happening, I have to go with Steve Young as a few others have posted. The guy is articulate, passionate, and one of the best to have ever played the game. He's 100 yards ahead of the rest of the current crop.

"You are looking LIVE down on muddy Candlestick Park as the 49ers get ready for a mud bath with the Los Angeles Rams for all the Crab you can eat in this wonderful city, hello everyone- I'm Brent Musburger."
The legend keeps growing.

Cannot wait to hear Teddy Ballgame's excuse for the Manti Te’o idiocy. After Teddy's rant about Te'o's losing the Heisman he has been suspiciously quiet about 1) Jonny Football's dominating performance in the Cotton Bowl and 2) Te'o's absence in the can of Whop Ass Alabama opened up on Notre Dame.
Oh wait, Te'o's quest for the Heisman never really existed either, did it?

I gotta go with Bill King. I feel lucky to have heard him do Warriors (unparalleled greatness), A's, and Raiders, as a little kid. His football calls were unique, and his between play banter was both informative, and rivetingly eccentric.

What I liked about Papa was that he sounded like King. And Bill's cultured reference to classical music and boating were so much more classy then the debase Bentley talk of modern sport heads in the bay area.

I would say Steve Young. great player, played as hard as anyone. speaks intelligently and has a world of knowledge of the game inside and out. he does not act like a clown on air like some. he was a 49er and won superbowl. as qb and backup qb...he is also highly educated, an attorney, and a real good family man.

Don't know if bringing back someone from the dead counts. If it does ; Bill King for the drama and verbiage. If not John Madden for the knowledge and humor (circa late 80s Madden at the peak of his powers).

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